Martian landscape. This HiRISE image shows rocky mesas in Western Elysium Planitia. There are angular mesas that are bright in nighttime infrared. How does this fit into the interesting fluvial-tectonic-volcanic history of this regions? For the rocks: what kinds of minerals are present? Image is less than 5 km (3 mi) across. A unique optimised version of NASA imagery. Credit: NASA/JPL/UArizona

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Size: 10240px × 4310px
Location: Mars, Western Elysium Planitia
Photo credit: © NASA / digitaleye / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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